Grant Program John Merck Scholars I Program

To hold a course on developmental disabilities in children at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

To support research on regulation of connectivity in the developing cortex by John Merck Scholar Anirvan Ghosh, PhD.

To provide a special, one-year award for research on the neural basis of long-term memory by John Merck Scholar Wendy Suzuki, PhD.

To support research on the genetic mechanisms of neuronal migration to the cerebral cortex by John Merck Scholar Joseph Gleeson, MD.

To support research on the assessment of plastic changes in visual functions after early auditory deprivation by John Merck Scholar Daphne Bavelier, PhD.

To support research on the circadian regulation of mammalian neural activity.

To support research on neural activity during behavioral tasks requiring perception, memory, attention and action, with a concentration on the translation of spatial information from one frame of reference into another.

To support research on trans-synaptic signaling molecules and mechanisms that generate synaptic specificity during the development of the nervous system.

To support research on the neural basis of working memory and cognition by John Merck Scholar Earl Miller, PhD.

To support research on the role of protein kinase A in long-term memory storage.